How will you change your world? DT Philly is now accepting applications for school teams! Don't miss the fun...high school, middle school, and elementary school registration is open at: http://compete360....

The Celebrity Bowling Classic returns on Sunday, August 2, at South Bowl, Philly's newest bowling and party venue! Former Phillies slugger Greg Luzinski--pictured here with one of our DT Philly teams--will be there to support Garry's and Drew's charity fundraiser. For more information, visit...

Two of the great teachers who participated in DT Philly this year were recently honored with Lindback Awards for distinguished teaching. Congratulations to Stacie Johnson of the Promise Academy at MLK High School and Denise Magasich of Kensington International Business, Finance and...

Principals at two of our school partners were honored today with the Lindback Foundation's distinguished principal award! Congratulations to Robin Cooper of William C. Longstreth School and William Wade of the Promise Academy at Martin Luther King High School. Read more at The Notebook...

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DT Philly Updates

Last fall, a team of 7th graders at Tilden Middle School in Southwest Philadelphia pondered a challenge that affected them as individuals and that impacted their school climate: “How might we reduce fighting in our classrooms and school in order to promote a more peaceful environment and give bullies or students in need a positive outlet?” The solution the Tilden Design Team presented at the...

One day after graduation, and one day before the school year ended, the three senior members of the Mastbaum Panther design team cut the ribbon on their DT Philly project and gift to the school...the Panther Store! Going forward, students will have no excuse to be out of uniform or without basic school supplies, and they'll be able to pick these items up at a great price in a beautiful room...

Students and teachers in kindergarten, first, and second grade spent the last two months of the school year gearing up instead of winding down by helping us pilot our first-ever K-2 DT Philly program. Teams applied their problem-solving skills to challenges such as how to make erasing and eraser sharing fun and easy, how to ensure privacy in school bathrooms, and how to keep school...

A team of middle school students at William C. Longstreth School in southwest Philadelphia took on a challenging and complex design project this year: how to give students, as consumers of education, a voice in what transpires in their classrooms. Of particular interest to the students was giving teachers feedback to help them better understand and respond to student concerns and needs. The...

During DT Philly 2014-15, three students at S. Weir Mitchell School in southwest Philadelphia explored bullying and behavior problems in their school and proposed the development of a "quiet room"--a peaceful space to help students relax and deal with stress. With the help of Doug Carney, senior vice president at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the students' idea is becoming reality...

The HCT Rugrats design team from Abraham Lincoln High School has advanced to the final round of screening for a Youthadelphia grant! This week, members of the design team had the opportunity to meet with Youthadelphia representatives and discuss their proposed "Partners in Success" peer support program for teen mothers and students who miss a significant amount of school due to illness. The...

Our 3rd - 5th grade design teams spent the late winter and early spring exploring challenges in their schools and coming up with creative ways to address unmet needs. This presentationshares their work, which impressed and inspired the two design panels that convened to review...

The Mastbaum Panthers design team is hard at work making their DT Philly project a reality. With the support of team mentor Andrew Ferrarelli, Mastbaum staff members Chris Yancey and Karen Dignetti, and Philadelphia Academies, Inc.'s Jon Jacobs, the students are transforming a vacant classroom into a new school store called the Panther Shop. The design team members--all seniors--are working ...